Genshin Impact: Return of the Water Queen

When the words "Sea Lantern Festival" were mentioned, Xianyun and Xiao were stunned for a moment. Xianyun subconsciously looked at the calendar to confirm the time of the Sea Lantern Festival.

Zhongli comforted her, "Luo Chaya is right, there's no need to be so reserved."

Xianyun put down the calendar and said with a smile, "I might be away for a long trip during the Lantern Festival. If there are any activities or ceremonies, you don't have to invite me."

Zhongli looked at her and asked, "Oh? You are going on a long journey as well. Where are you going?"

"I haven't thought about it yet." Xianyun replied.

"I haven't decided where to go, but I have decided when to go. Xianyun, are you deliberately avoiding me?" Luo Chaya looked at Xianyun with a smile and asked slowly.

Xianyun's expression immediately became serious. She said, "How is it possible! How could I hide from you? This immortal just had a hunch that I would be out of town for something during the Lantern Festival! Although you have the title of True Lord of Pure Water Judgment, you are not a real Liyue Immortal after all. You are naturally not very familiar with the divination methods of Liyue Immortals..."

"Well...that's true." Luo Chaya looked at Xianyun and nodded with a half-smile, "Let's eat."

……

On this day, Luo Chaya was with Zhong Yue, the two of them were catching fire slimes and fire flowers outside Liyue Harbor, when they happened to meet Ying and Paimon walking towards them from Mondstadt. She couldn't help but be stunned.

"Eh? Aren't you in Inazuma? Why did you come from Mond?" Luo Chaya asked puzzledly.

"It was Wendy. When Inazuma was about to leave, he invited us to go back to Mondstadt to play. It just so happened that we had almost found all of Inazuma's treasures, so we followed him to Mondstadt!" Paimon replied.

Ying seemed to be worried, her eyes were always on Luo Chaya.

Luo Chaya noticed Ying's gaze, and then said, "It's just right, we have finished collecting things here, let's go back together!"

"Picking things, what are you picking?" Paimeng came up curiously and looked at the things in Zhong Yue's backpack.

Zhong Yue said to her: "Fire Slime's gel and Fire Slime's nectar, let me tell you, these two things are delicious! Mixing them with Thunder Slime makes dishes that crackle in your mouth, which is really fun!"

"Uh..." Paimon was silent for a while, then looked at Luo Chaya and asked, "Is this really edible? I always feel like humans will die if they eat this, right?"

"Of course you can't eat it! Do you want to make human mouths explode?" Zhong Yue shook her head and said to Paimon, "This is the 'Crunchy and Numb Thunderbolt Explosion Special Slime Candied Haws' that I developed specifically for immortals!"

"What a magical name!" Paimon blinked and asked, "I want to eat it! Can I eat it?"

Zhong Yue looked at Paimeng, thought for a moment, and said, "You should be fine. You are not a human either."

"Great! Ying, let's go quickly! I want to eat the "Crunchy and Numb Thunderbolt Explosion Special Slime Candied Haws"!" After hearing Zhong Yue's words, Paimeng urged Ying.

Several people walked towards Liyue Harbor.

Luo Chaya fell behind everyone, letting Zhong Yue and Paimeng walk in front, while she and Ying followed behind.

"Do you have anything to say to me?" Luo Chaya glanced at Ying and then asked.

"I encountered a strange thing in Mondstadt." Ying told Luo Chaya about their trip to the island and then a mysterious voice talked to her.

"That voice only spoke to me. Neither Paimon nor anyone else heard it. But before that voice disappeared, I saw the power of the grass element..." Ying then said to Luo Chaya, "So, do you know who that voice was?"

"Why do you think I know that?" Luo Chaya asked back.

"Because you are a god." Ying looked at Luo Chaya and said to her.

"God is not omnipotent. Based on the description alone, I cannot confirm what the voice that was talking to you was." Luo Chaya sighed and said to Ying: "However, since you said that when the voice disappeared, the power of the grass element burst out, maybe it is related to the "Earthly Ruler" of Xumi."

"Sumeru's 'worldly rule'?" Ying fell silent.

"By the way, the road from the Layered Rock Abyss to Mount Sumeru is now open. We can go to Mount Sumeru at any time." Luo Chaya then said to Ying.

After hearing what Luo Chaya said, Ying was a little surprised. She asked, "Do you still want to embark on the journey with us?"

Ying once believed that although Luo Chaya was a Liyue immortal, she might still embark on the journey with them. Later, she learned that Luo Chaya was a god. From then on, Ying believed that Luo Chaya might not go with them.

But I didn't expect Luo Chaya to say that.

Luo Chaya smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course! You should have guessed that I am not actually a fairy from Liyue. I just asked Zhongli for that identity for convenience. Your journey is not over, and mine is naturally not over either."

Ying looked at Luo Chaya's face, then smiled, nodded and said, "Okay! Let's go to Xumi together!"

……

The road leading to Xumi requires passing through the Layered Rock Abyss, where the Thousand Rocks Army has dispatched many people to guard it.

However, whether it is Luo Chaya or Ying, their identities in Liyue can be said to be very noble. The Thousand Rock Army did not stop them from going to Xumi, and even said that they could provide help within an appropriate scope if necessary.

After passing through the border between the abyss and the rain forest, Luo Chaya, Ying and Paimon set foot on the land of Xumi.

"We've finally reached Xumi!"

Paimon looked at the green land and said to Ying, "Since we have arrived in Xumi, the first thing we should do is go to Xumi City to meet the "Little Lucky Grass King", right? Although I am not sure what kind of god the "Little Lucky Grass King" is, based on the information we have heard before, she does not seem to be the god who took your brother away..."

"But! Xumi is the kingdom of wisdom, and the "Little Auspicious Grass King" is the god of wisdom after all. She should be able to give us some useful information."

The three of them continued walking forward. Luo Chaya walked in the green forest, feeling the natural atmosphere here, and her body and mind relaxed a little.

Gods also like to stay in comfortable places! For her, the most comfortable places in the former Teyvat continent, apart from the original fetal sea, are the rainforests of Fontaine and Xumi.

A passerby from Xumi passed by in front of the group. Paimon originally planned to shout to ask for directions, but the other party ignored them.

"Is there something wrong with my attitude when asking for directions? Why does she look so fierce?" Paimon said puzzledly.

"Let's keep moving forward." Ying said a few words to Paimon, and just as he took a step forward, he suddenly fainted.